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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Applicant:
Volkmar Hamacher, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Inventor:
Volkmar Hamacher, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hearing aid wearer's own voice frequently leads to artifacts and response errors in various hearing aid algorithms. It is provided that the user's own voice to be detected by a special analysis device, and the hearing aid algorithms can be controlled as a function of detection. This can be achieved by providing a microphone in the auditory channel whose signal level is compared with that of an external microphone. This allows some form of control, e.g., the automatic gain control of a hearing aid to be 'frozen', in the presence of the hearing aid wearer's own voice.